KNOWLEDGE CENTER Knowledge Centre is established along with the parent institution in the year 1980 with prime objective is to support the parent organization programs. It is having independent, functionally designed building and it is a colorful feather in the cap of the college. The physical place of the Knowledge Centre is in the ecological climate and convenient accessible to the different group of library users. The mission of the knowledge centre is to make its resources available and useful to academic community and sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity of future generations. The quiver of the knowledge centre enfolded e-library and integrated with regular class room learning through campus network for supporting to enhance the body of knowledge. It is also fostered the distribution units at the departments for timely access of needed information at work place. The knowledge resource of the library is a soul and oxygen for healthy development of education excellence Knowledge Centre’s Core System is automated with SOUL Software for housekeeping operations. It is collaborated with national information network agencies for developing sharing culture of e-resources and database.		LAWS OF LIBRARY SCIENCE Books are for Use Books are for all Every Book its User Save the time of the User A Library is a Growing Organism --By Padma Shri. S.R. Ranganthan VISION Building the Knowledge Centre as “State of the Art” MISSION To Support the Parent Organization’s teaching and learning process for enhancing An Academic Excellence and for developing the Users as Self Learners and Life Long Learners for sustainable development.   GOALS Knowledge Centre integrated its Goals and Objectives with its Strategic Plan. To focus on Users’ Centered Value Added Services To design and develop the Cost Effective Service Packages To Enhance the Efficiency of Library Process System To Motivate and Encourage the Library Staff to update their Knowledge and Competencies for readiness. To safeguard the interest and benefits of the stake holders

	OBJECTIVES SMART Objectives are framed for achieving the goals through holistic and robust approach to improve its performance and service quality. To create Eco-Friendly, Eco-Efficient environment and facilitate to Access and Usage of knowledge contents To develop the Global Standard Information Collection To conduct awareness orientation to the Users, about library sources and Services and Searching Techniques To “Collaborate” with National Information Network Agencies for sharing of knowledge contents To integrate ICT system with library system for providing Just In Time (JIT) Services To encourage the library staff for higher studies, workshops, conferences and seminar FACILITIES Working Hours Reference Section 8.00 am to 8.00 pm Periodical Section 8.00 am to 4.00 pm Lending Section 10.00 am to 5.00 pm Carpet Area : 970 Sqm Seating Capcity : 150 Drinking Water Xerox First Aid		SOURCES AT KNOWLEDGE CENTER JOURNALS Number of Print Media : 96 No. of E- Journals Packages: 09 Packages (IEEE, ASCE, Springer (Electrical, Electronics &CS;), Springer (Mechanical), J Gate (GET) , J Gate (Management), Access Engineering Library ASTM Digital Library and EBSCO BOOKS Number of Titles of Books       : 8,712 Number of Volumes of Books : 1,20,018 No. E-books : 338 Services at Knowledge Center Reference Service Referral Service Reprographic Service Lending Service Inter Library Loan (ILL) Search Service E-learning Service OPAC Service Book Bank Service Question Bank Service

IN HOUSE USERS Number of Staff Users : 301 Number of Student Users U.G Programmes (B.E): 2750 P.G Programmes : (ME, MBA and MCA) : 240 No of Research Scholors : 10 PROCESS DRIVES The following Drives incorporated with Core Knowledge Process System of Library as inputs for driven of Holistic and Value Added Services. Standards & Norms of AICTE, New Delhi Standards & Norms of VTU, Belgaum. Prescribed Syllabus of VTU, Belgaum Books Selection Tools (Publishers /Vendors Catalogue) Code of Classification: Dewey decimal classification (DDC-21edition.) Code of Cataloguing: Anglo American Cataloguing Rules-II (AAC-II ) Library Management Software: SOUL software (developed by INFLIBNET, UGC, Ahmadabad) Library Manual & Guides Users Awareness Orientation : (about Library Sources, Services and Knowledge Contents Legal Issues and Searching Techniques) Motivation to Employees for readiness Library Users’ Feed back (for design of Value Added Services ) Library User Care (Sympathy and Empathy) Best Practices (Key Quality Indicators)

Process Controls The following Process Control Techniques are adopted with Core Process System of Library as measures for Strengthening of Knowledge Centre Regulatory Control System (Rules & Regulations) Budgetary Control System (Allocation & Utilization) Information Pollution Control (Discarding & Proper Shelving) Inventory Control System Strategic Driven Control Devices [Identify Critical Success Factors (CSF) for developing Key Performance Indicators (KPI)] About Librarian GURURAJA, ADONI Senior Librarian